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AXD Detwiler came also, wearing a smile that approached the
proportions of a grin. The joke, perhaps, is on San Francisco.
The wanderer has recovered from his "nervous prostration"'
and the roll may be called, for the * only
known sufferer from this malady still missing
is the extravagant and erring Doctor Cook.
Mr. Detwiler grins impudently in the
face of justice and has begun "issuing stater
raents.*' He comes to be purged of his sins and washed white as
snow. He courts investigation and feels confident of "vindication.''
He resorts to the miraculous cleansing property of due process
Nobody in San Francisco doubts the facts underlying the
indictment of Mr. Detwiler. Nobody in San Francisco expects to
see him convicted of that crime. It may be that Mr. Detwiler's
grin is justified by the facts of the situation, but San Francisco
can not be expected to laugh at the joke. The city may be forgiven
if. in contemplation of the situation created by Mr. Detwiler's sur
render, its sense of humor appears imperfect.
Notwithstanding his prolonged absence in foreign parts "for his
health," it can not be said that Mr. Detwiler is welcome in San
Francisco. It may be that after, the mysterious alchemy of the law
has got in its work he will be permitted to leave the court without a
stain on his character, but whatever the result, San Francisco will
not have changed its opinion of the nature of his operations.
Yet, if nothing else has been accomplished, it is certain that
Detwiler and his like have been made exceedingly uncomfortable
for a spell and the inducements to follow his example have been
Mr. Detwiler
Wears
a Grin
SENATOR RAYXER of Maryland invites the insurgent repub
licans to join the democratic party, but Senator Dolliver of lowa,
speakinjr for the progressives on his side of the senate, refuses
the invitation on grounds which will doubtless
-be regarded as valid. Mr. Dolliver has small
faith in the democracy and points out that the
party is quite as radically split on the great
issues as are the republicans themselves. In
reply to Senator Rayner he said, speaking for the republican party:
It is a large party, and it has within the last fifteen years converted a
iargc number of good people to its faith. It is large enough and good
enough to carry on the fight for good government, but if I ever di 4 feel
any temptation to leave it I would have to look over a good many things
l»efore I would pitch my tent toward the democratic party, because I
know that there is quite as much discontent in the^ democratic party as to
its leadership as in the republican party.-
It is a fact of record that when Senator Aldrich wanted votes to
carry an extravagant schedule in the tariff, designed to fatten greedy
interests, he could always rely on a sufficient number of democratic
votes to make his point. The only really aggressive and earnest
force in American politics today is found among the ranks of the
republican insurgents. There are honest and sincere men on the
democratic side, but they are not aggressive and are not leaders.
It is a plain fact of the situation that in the present congress all
initiative for reform legislation has come from the insurgents. This
explains why in recent years so many conscientious democrats have
joined the republican party. So numerous are these that they have
come to be described as "Roosevelt democrats."
Insurgents
Refuse an
Invitation
TH E National conservation association, Gifford Pinchot president,
ii-js issued a warning against the bills introduced in congress by
Representatives Smith and Englebright, both of California. Mr.
Smith's bill has virtually the same purpose as
that introduced by Smoot in the senateN AH
these bills are intended to facilitate the seizure
and appropriation* of water power sites now
________________ held in the public domain. We quote:
Senate bill 7432. introduced on March 28, by Senator Sraoot of
Utah, and now pending before the senate committee on public lands,
would grant to the states all waterpower sites now in federal owner
>hip. Its main purpose is the transfer to western states of all powers
and responsibilities' of the national government with respect to water
power development on lands owned by the nation. The bills introduced
by Senator Carter of Montana (S. 5704), and Representative Smith of I
California (H. R. 11932), have the same purpose. The bill introduced by
Representative Englebright of California (H. FL 23556) would subject
the lands of the United States to condemnation under state laws and
thus destroy the federal ownership of power sites.
These bills are backed by a powerful lobby financed by the
power site grabbers. A curious feature of the agitation in favor of
these propositions is that they claim the states already own the
water and the water under the constitution. If that is true
iviiy don't they assert their rights? The courts are open.
The conservationists hold no purpose to keep these valuable
v- ater rights out of use. They are perfectly willing that they should
i <• leased under grants irrevocable for fifty years.
The Power
Site Grabbers
at Work
CONTROL of the Mexican oil market is the prize for which
two gigantic financial interests are contending. It appears
to be war to the knife, and no quarter. On one side is
T Standard oil, operating under the name of the
Waters-Pierce company, and on the other the
great English contractor, Sir; Weetman Pear
son, and the interests 'behind him. working
__ ' under the name of Pearson & Co. . A year ago
it was said that Pearson felt himself beaten and was ready to quit.
Xow he is said to be fortified with a strong backing of Mexican
capital, and the fight proceeds with renewed vigor. A dispatch from
the City of Mexico describes the situation:
11. Clay Pierce has let it be known since his arrival here that he is to
continue the fi**ht for control or the refined oil trade of ' Mexico to the .
last ditch. He admits that his. company has lost several* million dollars
since the war in prices was inaugurated, but he asserts that" -the'i Pearson
, Wtcrests have lo"'- r «iuch, if not more, than his company. The Waters-/
War for
Control of
an Oil Market
EDITORIAL PAGE
Pierce oil company is greatly handicapped in its fight for the Mexican
trade through not being an oil producer in this country. It is with the
view of remedying this situation that it i's now seeking to acquire exten
sive holdings which will be exploited and developed as rapidly as possible.
It is at present importing most of its crude oil supply for its refinery at
Tampico, although it is receiving a part of the oil output of the Mexican
petroleum company's field at Ebano, near that port.
" The Pearsons are very close to Diaz, so that they are certain to
get fair play from- the government. This firtn, at the solicitation of
Diaz, built the railroad across the isthmus of Tehuantepec and
equipped the terminals with modern machinery for handling freight.
This enterprise has resulted in enormous .benefit to San Erancisco
and California because it created an important competitor, .with the
overland railroads. Doubtless an understanding exists with the
railroads and there is no cutthroat competition ; but, notwithstanding
this, the Tehuantepec route is an important factor in the regulation
of rates. It is a remarkable enterprise in this respect that it was
undertaken in spite of its uncertain future in view of the "completion
of the Panama canal. It is quite doubtful whether there will be any
business worth considering for the Tehuantepec route after the
canal is opened.
CONGRESS is all tied up in knots over the administration bill
for the regulation of railroads. The bill was given to con
gress in the expectation that it could be jammed through
unchanged and under pressure, but apparently
this program has failed to work, successfully.
The vital objection to Jthe bill raised by ;
the insurgents is that it repeals the Sherman
law against trusts as far as it applies to rail
roaas, pernmung diem without check to form combinations in
restraint of competition. It was pretended that the bill made pro
vision requiring the consent and approval of the interstate com
merce commission for agreements between railroads, before those
agreements could go into effect, but this does not appear to be true.
The only control given to the interstate commission would be the
power to institute a tedious lawsuit to set aside the rates fixed by'
agreement and pending the determination of this action the rates
would continue in effect. If at the conclusion of the suit the rates
were found to be unreasonable, the railroad companies could make
another agreement slightly different .in character and the process of
litigation would begin all over again. The only result of the bill
would be to make conditions a little worse than they now are.
This power to make combinations beyond control would put
the industries of the whole country at the mercy of the railroads, as
Senator Dolliver pointed out in these words : .
To invite these men or their agents to parcel out the cities, towns
, and villages of the country on a map and say to the industries of America
under what terms they would be allowed to exist; to deny to the govern
ment the right to step in and' stop proceedings with its peremptory order,
would be to strike a blow not only at the shipping community, but at
the industries which are the life of the country we represent and which
we ought to protect.
The bill was drawn by Attorney General Wickersham, of whomj
Dolliver went on to say :
The hand that wrote this original bill did not even pay the repub~
lican platform the poor tribute of a passing notice. The voice that now
feels authorized by a little brief to purge the republican party
of unworthy members, when this bill was written either did not know
what the republican platform was or felt at liberty to treat it with that
silent inattentiou which is the characteristic of really great minds.
This bill is now urged as a fulfillment of republican pledges. It
is nothing of the. sort, as we have endeavored to show, and no bill
will be such fulfillment that does not give the interstate commerce
commission the power to suspend' rates before they go into opera
tion and pending inquiry as to whether they are reasonable or not.
If this power is not created, the whole matter would better go over
to another congress more in touch with the popular demands.
Plain Truth
About Railroad
Regulation Bill
UNUSUAL financial conditions created by the refusal in
November of the house of lords to' pass the British budget
nronosed by Lloyd George have, of course, resulted in chaos
in the national treasury. The country was
practically committed to a scheme fof taxation
from whiclvi the most important items were
omitted! The 'difference between the results
I expected from the budget and those actually
obtained is shown by a- treasury, return made in March for the
financial year as follows : ;-- :
Revenue Original Results
department. estimates. full year.
Customs .. ........W. .......... +£4,000,000 + £1,259,000
Excise \u25a0\u25a0.-.-.. ....... — 2,183,000
Estate duties ..^+ 3,080,000 + 3,454,000
Stamps .;..........,..................„ +480,000 + 311,000 -
J.and tax and house duty.. ........... . + 520.000 — 1,820,000
Property and income tax... + 3,470,000 — 18,151,000-
Postofficc ...... ...v........ .....;...+ 100,000 + 730,000
"Crown lands ..'.......:.. ; ....;..— 40,000 -
Suez canal .....:....;.;... ..;..... — . -;• 5,466 \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0". ' + 98,455 '" "
Miscellaneous a..:........;. .... — 63835 — 301,387
Total . . .;. .\u25a0'..... . ;. v .. \u25a0':; . . ; . ". . . . . :'.". ..... +'£11,006,239 v— £16,612,932"
Instead of^an estimated increase in revenue of £1 1,006,239, the
results sho\v an actual decline of £ 16,612,932/ . These figures indP
cate a deficit of 0 £27,000,000 at the end'of the^^ English fiscal year:
Of course; V:deficitrbf this size is easily handled by a wealthy
nation and a- considerable part of it will be canceled by the collection
of • back the budget; becomes; laws The income tax is
now being collected^but the financial interregnum, so to speak; ; lias
created a conditionof /confusion and uncertainty , in the treasury thai
must affect and unsettle the making of^future r budgets ifor years to
Chaotic
Condition of
English Finances
In Norway
Answers to Queries
THE MOON— Subscriber. City. Why Is it
tbat we nerer see but one side of the nioon?
Astronomers give the following ex»
planation: "The reason why the Inhab
itants of the earth have never seen but
one side of the moon is that it makes
a revolution on its axis at the same
time that it revolves around the earth,
and so always presents the same face
to us. The reasons for this peculiarity
is the ellipitical form of the moon It
self. It ia not probable that the moon
started on its axial rotation with pre
cisely the* same-velocity with which it
moved around the earth, but. it is
thought that the two motions were
originally not ; very far apart and the
fact that the attraction of the earth
slightly elongated the lunar globe and
served to draw the axial rotation in a
period of time toward the orbital move
ment around the earth. Now. there
fore, they so nearly correspond that if
the orbital movement varies the other
will undoubtedly vary with it and thus
the exact correspondence will be in
definitely kept up."
EASTEH-V.. K. G., Oakland. How is tqe
ante of taster drtcrmined? Wny is It not on
the same day each year?
The data for Easter was fixed by a
decision of the council of Nice, A. D.
325. It was decided that the first Sun
day after the full' moon occurring on or
after March 21 should be observed
as Easter Sunday. If the first full moon
after that dato should fall on a Sun
day the Sunday, after should be ob
served as Easter Sunday. This ar
rangement was adopted because March
21 is very near the date of the vernal
equinox and a tradition has existed
that this equinox occurred immediately
before the crucifixion.
WASniXGTON— H. S., Big Creek— Where
rnf.M^ WfhißftonW f hißfton - first president of the
He was born at Pope's creek, West
moreland county, Virginia; son of Au
gustine Washington and Mary Ball
second wife of his father. He was the
grandson of John Washington, a native
of England who emigrated to Virginia
in 1607, and became an extensive plant
er and magistrate, residing at Pope's
ci ecK.
-' V ' * • "
H IT H r .?ihT~ Slibs " Iber - ci *y- 'When was Henry^
«. Haight governor of. California? »«"\u25a0*
He was elected September 4. 1867
and was- inaugurated on December 5
following. He served until December
o, 15U.
*r?i R r™lr S ?H Criber< , Clt - T - When 'did Gen
and when did he reach San Francisco?
He, started May 17, 1877. and ar
rived In San Francisco September 20
1579. ]' T '\:;y,: -V;; ; \u25a0\u25a0; -- ;J; J - I •
If AXDI CAPPED
The people in the next door
Are kindly, but
They harbor .that decided bore
A barking mutt.
But little peace are we enjoying-
A barking dog is most annoying.
The rules forbjd it, as they know,
So says the lease;
If we complained, he'd have to go
.And we'd get peace.
The landlord would uphold us, maybe,
But we can't kick; we have a baby.
— Kansas City Journal." .
QUEER
Bunyan was a worthy man,
But always very poor;
Homer was a tramping bard
And Greece he used to tour.
Keats was- never blessed with cash
Burns was always broke.
Few of these immortals had
A thing to put In soak.
Alas, it's hard to understand;
In fact, it's rather queer —
That Fielder Tyrus Cobb should earn
Mne/thousanJ plunks a year.
— Cleveland Plain Dealer.
BEAUMONT :~\yD FLETCHER
Freshley— ln the class this morning
the professoT said something about
Beaumont and. Fletcher. I know who
Beaumont is, of course; he's the new
outfielder for the Cubs. But who the
Sam Hill is Fletcher? </\u25a0
The Other Chap— Why, you bortehead,
he s the guy that says you must chew
your victuals 126 times before you
swallow 'em. — Chicago Tribune
- VWhy does a woman enjoy being
sad over the misfortunes of a fictitious
heroine at a. matinee," said he.
. "Oh, I don't' know,", replied she
•W hy Vloes a man enjoy, scolding the
baseball umpire about something that
doesn't personally concern him'"
Washington Star. - j
"You look blue and regretful."
VI am.. I spoke hastily to my wife
this'niorning'." . ;-. ' •
' "Is, it: possible?"
"Yes.^; She asked' me if she.could
have ..two spring hats this year, and
without 1 thinking. -"I said 'Tes * " '
Washington Star.
> A student -who had frequently asked
leave of absence offered on one occa
sion* as a*< reason ithe necessity of at
tending: the '? funeral , of. a cousin.
; ."Well," = said. % the -doubting instructor
Vlsuppose I mustUet-you go; but I do
wish^it were -a nearer relative."— LJp-
rAMED PS THE MOTHER
Of CARNIVAL OF ROSES
Santa Rosa first to Gonceive and Perfect Idea
Of Blossom Festival
QUEEN LILLIAN* ascends a blossom
throne at Santa Bosa today. Be»
gins her triduan""reign. The her
alds' trumpets call the court. Into the
veins of every native and borrowed
subject within -her gates, Santa Rosa
infuses a subtle wine of life that adds
royal lineage to the blood. Bar sinister
there is none. AH "are to the purple
born. Behold full 20,000 souls and
every one a knight or lady of the
court! Ah, matchless kingdom that
grew so softly out of a budding rose!
In the Santa Rosa lexicon festival
has always meant the beauty, the per
fume, the joy of flowers and fair wom
en and a hospitality so full and simple
that it knew no bounds at all. A rarer,
fairer season few mortals ever knew
than begins today in the city of the
valley of the Sotoyomes.
Other cities have their festivals, their
carnivals, their frolics. But every ra
diant fiesta based upon the unfolding
of flowers muat turn to Santa Rosa for
its norm. Santa Rosa is the mother of
rose carnivals. It originated and It has
never ceased to teach, to lead the way.
Other cities, also famous for their bow
ers and their gardens, might as easily
have been first to make a holiday with
a rose. The significant fact is that
other cities did not see the opportunity.
Santa Rosa did."
On May 10, 1894, Santa Rosa held the
first real rose carnival that California
had known. The development of latent
possibilities at that carnival amazed
all the visitors. And most amazed of
all Were the Santa Rosans themselves.
It was truly the birth of the grand
idea— an idea which has done so very,
very much in spreading California's
fame around the globe. Santa Rosa
may not be inclined to count that first
carnival, except as a beginning, be
cause the carnival of the next year so
far outshone it In size, in splendor, in
all the tabulation defying elements that
so enrapture the senses. It was plain
enough that the men and women who
do the real work of such affairs had
never stopped their labors since the
initial effort of 15 months before
had- shown them in 1 a dim way what
; really might be done. At the conclu
, sion of that second carnival Mayor
Sutro turned to Mayor Edward F.
Woodward and called him rightfully
the proudest man In the world. Gov
ernor Budd led dazzling Queen Isabel
to her throne and used his disengaged
arm in a sweeping je3ture as he said:
"Two years ago.no such thing as this
would have been attempted. Santa Rosa
originated this kind of carnival last
year. As she begins her second she
finds half the cities of the state vying
with each other to show the world in
the way that she has shown them." I
heard the words as they fell from his
lips. .
A wonderful show was that of May,
1595. Santa Rosa had chosen three
colors for a draping that extended
everywhere that the banks and garlands
of roses would permit. Orange, olive
and wine^-those were the tints. Some
, body had even dyed a white bulldog in
Gossip of Railwaymen
AMOVING picture machine in action
In Powell street yesterday after
noon caught Charlie Miles of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St.' Paul and
Jules Clerfayt, who owns several At
lantic steamship lines, in the act of tak
ing the "never again" vow.
Had it been known that the moving
picture machine was in the neighbor
hood and in action, both- -would have
waited until they entered their offices.
Miles, who keeps a close watch over
Cterfayt, insisted that Jules take the
oath. Jules raised his left hand high
in the air and started to repeat after
Miles, "Never again," when Billy Web
ster of the Pennsylvania lines inter
vened"~and made Clerfayt hold up the
right hand. >
The pictures will be exhibited at the
Orpheum in a few weeks, and already
the transportatlonmen are talking of a
theater party 6o they can see Clerfayt
taking the vow to "never again" at
tend the matinees in. Powell street.
-•The railways in Texas have notified
the state railroad commission that if
reductions in their Texas rates on cot
ton are made as proposed they will be
compelled to I reduce expenditures for
improvements. The improvements con
templated for the next two years ag
gregate $25,000,000, but this may have
to be cut down to $10,000,000. The
work planned includes about 150 miles
of new line and large numbers of new
cars and engines.
J. E. O'Brien, superintendent of mo
tive .power of the Western Pacific, is
out of the city for a few days.
With the completion of the San Diego
and Arlona from San Diego to Yuma,
it is announced that Armour & Co., the
big Chicago packing firm, v/ill start
the erection of an immense packing
plant in San Diego to cost $500,000.
Eugene Fox. general freight and pas
senger agent of the El Paso and South-"
western, and C. H. Phillips, general
agent at Los Angeles, are ia We city
for a few days.
W. D. Forster. traffic manager of the.
Tonopah and Goldfleld: J. H. Brown,
traffic manager of the Las Vegas and
PERSONS IN THE NEWS
J. J. GOODMAN, a businessman of Eakersfield;
E. M. Brattain, a merchant of Lakeriexr, Ore., *
and L.. P. Graney, a preacher of Independ
ence, la., are among the recent arrWals at
the Argonaut.
\u0084 : \u25a0 • • •
F. H. ADAMS of Topeka. H. R. O'Bryan. a real
estate man of Monterey, and Mr. and Mrs. C.
-W. Stark of Vancouver are among the recent
arrivals at the Stewart.
•; • «
E. S. HOTCHK3SS, Mrs. C. A. Hotchtlw of
Bridgeport and Misa S. E. Warner of Water
town, Coan., make up a party of tourist*
staying at the Fairmont. „
rj» . "' • • •
THOMAS McCAKN, a win* merchant, returned
from a business trip north yesterday «ad has
engaged apartments at the St. Francis.
t V " • -• '
SENATOR CHABLES M. BEiSHAW cam* down
from Antioch yesterday and is staying at the
H. H. PATTEBSO2I and E. H. Brewer, fruit
.growers of Patterson, CaL, are at th« Dale.
W. H. MeCUNTOCK, a mining man from Val
. ley Springs, is stopping at the Stanford.
• • • .
W. I L. ' JACKSON, a prominent merchant of Ohio* ,
and Mrs: Jack«on are at tb« Xonoaodi*.
C. O. MAGEE of Toledo Is at the Fairmont with
. Mrs. Magee. \u25a0 • : , .
H, HTJS7TER, a mine owner of GcldCeld 'Is at
: ithe Turpln.
JVIAY 5, 1910
RUFUS STEELE
them, I remeraDer. iney swoa wr
oranges, olives and wines, no doubt,
though they might as well have stood
for better persimmons than they grow
south of ' Mason and Dixie's line; bet
ter hop 3 than they grow In Germany,
and better prunes than are Imported
from France. Santa Rosa's private
gardens yielded more floral treasures
than even the gardeners supposed they
contained. No streets were ever so
bedecked. Little Princess Georgia
Stewart crowned beautiful Isabel Don
ovan quean, and on came the pageant
led byMajor R. J. Pye, a grand mar
shal who can never forget the honors
of that day. Prof. Bud Parks, the lo
cal Sousa. led not one but a dozen
bands — andfor once the bands were not
the biggest tblns In a parade. The
floats were the forerunners of the
flower floats that we have come to
know today. They were copied from
nothing; they were the first of their
kind; they have been copied ever since.
There wert> companies of military ca
dets and brigades of national guards
men, but for once gold braid looked
tawdry and flashing trappings set not
the feminine heart In wonted flutter.
The floral devices of that pageant gay*
a brand new joy to the world.
Most imposing of all. in my memory
at least, were the scores and scores of
vehicles which deft handed women hail
transformed with flowers into veritable
chariots from fairy world, and t» which
they lent the final charm of their oc
cupancy. Our own Amos Riley -Hardin
helped to scheme the wonders of that
day as chairman of the carnival com
mittee, though unfortunately no steed
could be found which looked capable of
carrying 350 pound 3, and the director
general of It all was visibly represented
in the pageant merely by a little child
posing as a butterfly upon a float oC
pink La France. _
Until the year of the great disaster
the fame of tlie rose carnivals of Santa
Rosa had' never been allowed to wane.
Each year the spectators were given
something new. In the disaster the
splendid little city suffered more than
people know. Her main business streets
were lined with dignified structures of
brick which went down in heaps be
fore the earthquake. The ruin was
awful to contemplate. It would have
had the whole world talking but for
the disaster in a larger city. There
was no tire. Ergo there was no in
surance money to boost the buildings
back. Not all Santa Rosans are capi
talists. The city lifted herself out of
the pit by the fine aid of its own abil
ities. A better city stands there now.
You do not know what its conjuring
cost when you look upon the pleasing
facets of this gem among cities. Nor
do they wish you to know. They are
restored, and this is the year and the
hour of their rejoicing.
Tis rose time In Santa Rosa. Even
the streets are a-bloom. Give youiself
a rare holiday; along with you and be
gathered to the bosom of this mother
of carnivals.
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Tonopah; F. M. Jenifer, traffic manager
of the Tonopah and Tidewater; W. F.
Lincoln, assistant general freight agent
of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Sal:
Lake, and F. W. Gomph, agent of the
Pacific freight bureau, have been in
conference for the last several day?
relative to freight rates in the Nevada
districts.
Ogden Mills has been elected presi
dent of the Virginia and Truckee rail
toad, to succeed his father, the late
D. O. Mills. *
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O. Meadows has been appointed trair
master of the first and 'second district?
on the eastern division of the Western
Pacific, with office at Winnimucca. Nev.
The jurisdiction of F. L. Corwin. train
master at Elk©. Xev., will hereafter ir.
cludeonly the third and fourth districts
of this division. S. J. Stewart has been
appointed chief dispatcher, with office
at Elko, succeeding J. L» Perry, as
signed to other duties.
Adam Darling, claim agent of the
Western Pacific, who recently went east
to claim his bride, has returned to his
work.
D. G. Edwards, for years passenger
traffic manager of the Cincinnati. Ham
ilton and Dayton at Cincinnati, at pres
ent president of the Ohio Traction com
pany, is in the city with Mrs. Edwards.
They are touring the wast in search of
pleasure.
Official announcement 13 made of the
appointment of F. W. Huller to be chief
clerk of the operating department ot
the Southern, Pacific. Norman Collyer
is appointed assistant chief clerk
on the tenth floor of the Flot>.i
building are being placed In order for
Paul Shoup, recently appointed assist
ant general manager of the electric
lines of the company. -
For the first time in W> years the un
organized employes of the Gulf. Colo
radtrand Santa. Fe Hues In Louisiana
Texas and Oklahoma, are to receive an
increase of « per cent in wages. The
order affects nearly 10,000 employes.
• delphla. fa at tH«-paUc« with Mrs. SSoe
maker. «
t. F. JOKES, a businessman of St. Lenia. Is at
the St. Francis wlta his family.
W. E. B-ASCaOFT. a well known automobile
* man of Merced, Is at the rate.
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M. KATJTMA3T. a yioe merchant of^New York.
Is stayins at the Xormandie.
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"W. O. LUDI.OW, an architect of Nexr X«k Is
rejUtered at. the St. Fwnci*..
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KALPH W POPE, ia engineer of New Tort Is
* Suest at the St. Francis.
CHABLES E. ULDD, a banker of PortUad Is
registered at the Palace. -
KB. ASD MBS. E. X. HOUtES of Pasadena a-«
guests at the Palace.
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DR.. AH© MBS. T. 0. HcSWAS of Visall* are
juests at tlie Jlanx.
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M..TBE3CONT S3OTH of Washington. *D. C is
staylns at the Manx. "*
J. A. GILBERT, a merchant of WatsDnrUle Is
'at the Ei'lmont.
A P. nnXEB, « businessman of Los Angeles
is at the Tnrpin. *
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H. C. KETES of Sacramento '!\u25a0 , at : tfc* . St.